Living the Martial Way A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think,9780942637762

Living the Martial Way A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think

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ISBN13: 9780942637762
ISBN10: 0942637763
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-01-01
Publisher(s): Barricade Books Inc
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Summary

A step-by-step approach to applying the Japanese warrior's mind set to martial training and daily life.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1(2)
Introduction 3(2)
Background on the Martial Arts
5(4)
Martial Arts, Martial Ways, and the Martial Way
9(1)
Why Practice the Martial Way Today?
10(1)
The Design of This Book
11(6)
PART ONE: THE WAY OF TRAINING
The Warrior Mind-Set
17(16)
Getting the Mind-Set
24(1)
Acknowledge Your Warriorship
25(2)
Pursue Internal Versus External Objectives
27(6)
Your Martial Destiny
33(18)
Doctrine, Strategy, and Tactics
36(4)
Choose Your Strategic Foundations
40(1)
Analyze the Threat
41(1)
Evaluate Your Physical and Emotional Assets
42(1)
Select a Doctrine
43(1)
The Pitfalls of Narrow Doctrine
44(3)
Build Your Skills Around a Doctrinal Core
47(4)
Train as Warriors Train
51(24)
Make Training a Daily Regimen
54(2)
Employ Shugyo in your Training
56(5)
Take a Jutsu Approach to Training
61(14)
The Warrior's Way of Strategy
75(26)
Plan Your Strategy in Four Phases
79(1)
Identify Your Strategic Objectives
79(2)
Collect Intelligence
81(2)
Plan for Environment
83(2)
Program for Engagement
85(2)
How to Develop Tactics
87(11)
Read Your Opponent
98
Control the Fighting Range
90(2)
Feint Effectively
92(1)
Use Rhythm and Timing
93(2)
Avoid, Evade, and Intercept
95(6)
The Warrior's Spell Book
101(36)
Kiai and Aiki
103(4)
Find Kokoro
107(4)
Practice Haragei
111(5)
Develop Kokyu Chikara
116(2)
Apply Kime
118(4)
Practice Kata With Utmost Seriousness
122(1)
Mushin---Mind Without Thinking
123(5)
Zanshin---So Alert You Dominate
128(9)
PART TWO: THE WAY OF HONOR
The Foundations of Honor
137(20)
The Basic Tenets of Honor
142(1)
Obligation
143(1)
Justice
144(4)
Courage
148(1)
Honor and Face
149(3)
Develop Your Own Sense of Honor
152(5)
Honor in Action
157(20)
Putting Honor to Work
159(1)
Truthfulness
159(2)
Courtesy
161(2)
Restraint
163(2)
Loyalty
165(5)
Service
170(1)
Honor in the Fog of Life
171(6)
Revenge and Suicide: Perversions of Honor
177(18)
The Forty-Seven Faithful Ronin
180(2)
Revenge and the Scales of Honor
182(4)
Suicide: Courage or Cowardice?
186(2)
Standards for Planning Revenge and Suicide
188(7)
PART THREE: THE WAY OF LIVING
Warrior Fitness
195(32)
The Great Sham of Modern Martial Arts
197(2)
The Qualities of Warrior Fitness
199(6)
Body Types and Muscle Physiology
205(4)
The Three Pillars of Fitness
209(1)
Train for Muscular Strength and Endurance
210(2)
Condition for Aerobic Capacity
212(5)
Develop Flexibility
217(3)
Nutrition and Weight Control
220(7)
Religion and Mysticism
227(34)
Eastern versus Western Religious Thought
229(2)
The Principle Asian Religious Doctrines
231(1)
Confucianism: The Way of the Sages
232(3)
Taoism: In Pursuit of the One True Way
235(5)
Buddhism: Following the Eightfold Path
240(8)
Shinto: The Way of the Kami
248(4)
Mysticism and the Danger of Cults
252(4)
Martial Arts Training and Religious Convictions
256(5)
The Warrior Stands Alone
261(20)
The Three Keys to Warrior Dignity
264(1)
Develop a Commanding Posture
265(3)
Discover the Power of Physical Grace
268(2)
Cultivate the Austere Quality of Shibumi
270(4)
The Secret of Personal Power
274(7)
Mastery and The Martial Way
281(20)
Mastery in The Martial Arts and Ways
286(5)
Mastery in The Martial Way
291(10)
Appendix A: Glossary 301(8)
Appendix B: Selected Bibliography 309

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